Lansing police seek tips on obscure shooting

View full sizeGoogle MapsA 27-year-old man was hospitalized after he was shot in the 1100 block of West Lenawee Street Wednesday evening.

LANSING -- Police here are investigating an obscure shooting that put a man in the hospital.

Lansing police public information officer Robert Merritt said officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of West Lenawee Street at about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday on a report of shots fired.

Police found no one at the scene, but did find many gunshell casings along the road and sidewalk.

At the same time, dispatchers advised police of a shooting victim that had recently arrived at a local hospital.

Officer arrived at the hospital and interviewed the victim, a 27-year-old man who had been shot once in the lower torso, Merritt said.

The victim was not cooperative with police, Merritt said. Officers were able to learn that the victim was a passenger in the rear of a vehicle traveling in the area of Lenawee Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard when it was shot.

Merritt said police do not know if the vehicle was shot at from another vehicle or from someone on foot.

The victim is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are still investigating, but Merritt said they hope more witnesses step forward with information.

Those with information on this incident are asked to call the Lansing Police Department's Crime Stoppers line at 517-483-STOP.

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tips can also be sent to the department via text message at 847411.
Begin the message with "LPD517," then text your tip.